We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
CONCEPTO DE ÁREA EN TEOTIHUACÁN.
- Authors
Camacho Ríos, Alberto
- Abstract
Prehispanic temples that still survive are the most reliable source available to study the structure of mathematics, astronomy, and other measurement sciences, bequeathed about their materiality by ancient Mesoamerican groups. The paper reports the recovery of elemental concepts of length and area planted on different prehispanic monuments of the site of Teotihuacán, located to the North of Mexico City. These magnitudes were originally traced in units of measurement known as T units, to become astronomical magnitudes from which the synodic and sidereal revolutions of the planets commonly observed by the groups are revealed. The study focuses on the analysis of the different orders of magnitude of the concept of area that appear in several buildings, which is shown transversal to different cultures.
- Publication
Paradigma, 2017, Vol 38, Issue 2, p366
- ISSN
1011-2251
- Publication type
Academic Journal